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First-Time Digital Artist Here -- Tips?

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Akimari_old
26 posts
Joined April 2013
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Akimari_old
Hey guys, so I ordered a tablet a few days ago (The Wacom Bamboo kind I believe) and it'll be coming in sometime between this week and next week. Before this, I've had little to no experience whatsoever doing digital artwork, including things like what programs to use, what brushes, what are good sites to upload my stuff on (I'm hesitant on dA) and most importantly, reacting to criticism. Since my art has never been published online, I'm not very knowledgeable in any of these categories.

So, could some fellow artists give me some tips on these things? I have Photoshop, but it's a weirdly pirated version that doesn't let me download new brushes. I see lots of digital art that looks drawn by pencil, and I'm left wondering 'Is there a special way to do that? Was it scanned? What is this!?'

Thanks!
YunoFanatic
1,699 posts
Joined April 2013
YunoFanatic
I know just the right thing t/123190 ^^ i hope boat will help you.. though WELCOME TO DIGITALWORLD xDt
for uploading your work try puush or photobucket lemme give the sites https://photobucket.com/ and http://puush.me/
boat
2,369 posts
Joined February 2010
boat
Rather than downloading brushes you would be better of using the stock and brush preferences to create your own. This helps greatly with improving your own brushwork and knowing how this and that is created rather than using presets to do it for you.
YunoFanatic
1,699 posts
Joined April 2013
YunoFanatic

boat wrote:

Rather than downloading brushes you would be better of using the stock and brush preferences to create your own. This helps greatly with improving your own brushwork and knowing how this and that is created rather than using presets to do it for you.
Boat is a PRO :)

I FORGOT

For resources you needed you can see many things in this website http://www.deviantart.com such as brushes,stocks and others
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Kunieda
818 posts
Joined March 2012
Kunieda

YunoFanatic wrote:

http://www.deviantart.com
lol
You missing that "www."
I've helped you edit :3
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Miyu
1,283 posts
Joined September 2012
Miyu
isnt it deviantart? lol
Kunieda
818 posts
Joined March 2012
Kunieda
lol yeah
I've forgot the "t" word
thanks *edited*
Daru
osu!painter
866 posts
Joined August 2008
Daru
The biggest thing to remember is to keep the distinction between digital art and traditional art to a minimum.

Using a program like Photoshop and a tablet can be thought of as simply a sophisticated tool, much like a paint brush with oils or colored pencils on paper. I would suggest learning it by trial and error - using various tools within your program of choice to see what kinds of effects you can make, since this will build your own understanding and excersises your creativity rather than blindly following a tutorial on how to use things. Always keep in mind that fundamentals of art are constant over all mediums, however, so it's best to treat your programs and your tablet as tools that you can learn how to use with your overall skill as an artist, rather than a new skill entirely.
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